Hot Dogs and Fireworks

Guess what - it was another hot, dry day today. The early mornings have been being pleasant, though - in the high 60s.

We helped do some money-raising for the library again this afternoon. Didn't raise much, though - at least during our shift. The grocery chain wanted to have a table outside the store today to serve hotdogs/chips/drinks for a donation to the library. We took the 11-2 shift, figuring it would be cooler than later in the afternoon. I'm sure that's true, but it was certainly hot enough. Fortunately, most of the time we had a breeze, so it was semi-bearable. We thought that it was not a particularly good use of time and effort - the store management could've gotten more "bang for the buck" by just donating the amount of money they spent on food directly to the library. But then, of course, they didn't ask us.

Chattanooga's Riverbend Festival ends tonight, with a 20-minute fireworks display. Our local PBS station broadcast the fireworks live - not quite the same as being there, but nice all the same. We talked about going down to the boathouse to watch. We've done that before, with our own private parking, deck, and bathrooms. But getting out this late in the evening just doesn't work for us anymore.

We watched a lovely little movie tonight, "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont", with Joan Plowright. A couple of the scenes were shot at the Abbey at Beauly and the Aigas Field Centre near Beauly in Scotland, where we went on an Elderhostel last fall. That was an unexpected treat for us. But the movie is delightful and we can definitely recommend it.

A week from tonight, we'll be sitting out on the deck in Fort Morgan, looking at the Gulf of Mexico. Margaret and I have started buying some of the staples. She sent a list of items she has. Over the many years that we've been going to Gulf Shores/Fort Morgan, we've changed from taking nearly everything (staples and refrigerated stuff), to taking almost nothing, to (now) taking staples like paper products, Ro-Tel, ketchup, etc. It's amazing to think we've been going to this area since 1981, missing only 4 years during that time.

Today's picture is another new painting - just a little flower painting - "Making Sunshine" (20x16 acrylic on canvas).